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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tablet 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a recension?
(a) A revision of a text
(b) A period of extreme famine
(c) A time of economic depression
(d) A time when water recedes after a flood

2. How does Enkidu react to Gilgamesh's dreams?
(a) He interprets them positively
(b) He has similar dreams
(c) He says he fears they will come true
(d) He says they mean nothing

3. What is the name of the city Gilgamesh builds?
(a) Uruk
(b) Urukali
(c) Ukur
(d) Ruku

4. How do Gilgamesh and Enkidu establish their friendship?
(a) With a handshake
(b) With a kiss
(c) By announcing their pact in formal court
(d) By drinking each other's blood

5. To whom do the people of Uruk pray?
(a) Anu
(b) Allah
(c) Anubis
(d) God

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps Enkidu and Gilgamesh defeat Humbaba?

2. What is another name for Humbaba?

3. How does Gilgamesh say that Enkidu's paralysis will end?

4. What two things does Enkidu do that make him like a man?

5. In Gilgamesh's second dream what does he see?

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